Friday, March 28, 2008

UP CUISINE IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT THE DELICIOUS CHAT WHICH WE GET ON THE STREETS...WHEN EVER I USED TO GO HOME
DURING MY VACATIONS WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE I USED TO EAT CHAT EVERYDAY,,,FROM DIFFERENT PLACES IN MY HOMETWON...I USED TO GET SCOLDING,,,BUT STILL EVERYDAY CHAT AT LEAST ONCE EVERY DAY...AND NOW ALSO WHEN I GO BACK I DO THE SAME THING...BUT NOW DUE TO LESS TIME I USUALLY STAY IN DELHI ,,,SO DURING MY STAY MY SIS GETS CHAT FROM DIFFERENT PLACES ,..BENGALI MARKET CHAT IS FAVOURITE...ND BACK HERE IN SINGAPORE...I LIKED RAJS CHAT,,,SOMEWHAT TASTE LOOKED FAMILIAR,..COMING TO THIS OF CHAT ,..MY MOTHERS RECIPE,..WHICH I TRIED FIRST TIME HERE...DURING HOLI FESTIVAL..WE USED TO HAVE CHAT AFTER PLAYING HOLI,,AND ALLO TIKIYA WITH CHOLE WAS MY FAVOURITE...HAVE TRIED TO RECREATE THE SAME RECIPE,..

Thursday, March 27, 2008

i am sending this post for the rotimela hosted by srivalli of cooking 4 all seasons.

WHENEVER I THINK OF BHATURAS I AM REMINDED OF THE BIG PLATE SIZED BHATURAS WHICH WE USED TO GET IN OUR HOMETOWN..I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE KIDS WE USED TO GO FOR DOSA EATING,,,THE ONE WHO WAS NOT IN MOOD TO EAT DOSA USED TO EAT THE CHOLA BHATURA,..AS 15 YRS BACK...THERE WASNT MUCH VARIETY IN THE RESTAURENTS,..IT WAS EITHER DOSA OR CHOLA BHATURA....THOUGH BHATURA USED TO TASTE LIKE SALTY RUBBER..AND COMPARED TO BHATURA...CHOLA QUANTITY WAS ALWAYS LESSS,...I THOUGHT WITH TIME THINGS WILL CHANGE....FEW DAYS BACK WE WENT FOR OUTING. BACK HERE IN SINGAPORE..AND I DECIDED TO EAT CHOLA BHATURA AND I SAW THE SAME PLATE SIZED BHATURA AND CHOLA IN A SMALL BOWL...I STILL CANT BELIEVE THOUGH IN DIFFRENT COUNTRY 15YS LAPSE AND THINGS ARE STILL THE SAME....THAT DAY I DECIDED NO MORE EATING OF CHOOLA BHATURAS OUTSIDE...
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ANOTHER MMEMORY I HAVE IS OF THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS..WHENVEVER CHILDS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WAS THERE IN OUR FAMILY..I REMEMBER...CHOLA BHATURA WAS ALWAYS PREPARED...NOW THOUGH THE TREND HAS CHANGED WITH TIME,,BUT STILL IN SOME HOME U WILL SEE THE SAME CHOALA BHATURA..YA NOWDAYS BHATURA IS REPLACED BY KULCHA...NEW TREND IS CHOLA KULCHA...AS PEOPLE THINK IT SAVE STIME...AS KULCHA CAN BE GET READYMADE FROM SHOP....ANYWAYS ENOUGH OF MEMORIES TIME FOR THE RECIPE...I LEARNT PREPARING CHOLA BHATURA FROM MY HUBBY BUT NOW WITH EXPERIENCE I CAN PREPARE MY OWN VARIATION....OF THE RECIPE WHICH HE THOUGHT ME....I ALWAYS USED TO ASK HIM WHETHER ONION IS FRIED OR NOT..FLOUR IS KNEADED PROOPERLY OR NOT...AND OTHER LITTLE THINGS...YA I ASK NOW ALSO ..BUT NOT THAT FREQUENTLY...I GUESS ENOUGH OF TALKING COMING TO THE TOPIC-

YESTERDAY MADE CHOLA BHATURA...THE RECIPE IS

INGREDIENTS

ONE BOWL OF KABULI CHANA SOAKED AND BOILED

ONE INCH OF GINGER GRATED
THREE CLOVES OF GARLIC GRATED
ONE AND HALF ONION CHOPPED
ONE TOMATO CHOPPED
THREE GREEN CHILI CHOPPED

FOR THE MASALA

TWO BAY LEAVES CRUSHED
THREE RED CHILI
ONE TEASPOON CORIANDER SEEDS
ONE TEASPOON CUMIN SEEDS
HALF TEASPOON EACH OF PEPPER AND CLOVES
ONE INCH OF CINNAMON
TWO BIG CARDAMOM
TWO SMALL CARDAMOM
ONE STAR ANISE
HALF OF ONION
GRIND ALL THESE MASALAS IN GRINDER AND KEEP ASIDE

MIX TWO TEASPPON OF SALT WITH HALF TEASPOON EACH OF REDCHILLI,TURMURIC,CORIANDER AND GARAM MASALA POWDER AND KEEP ASIDE

ONE TEASPOON OF CUMIN SEEDS

OIL TO FRY ONE TABELSPOON

PROCEDURE

HEAT OIL IN NON STICK WOK ADD CUMIN SEEDS
ONCE THEY START TO SPLUTTER ADD GRATED GINGER AND GARLIC,AND WHEN DONE ADD GREEN CHILI FOLLOWED BY ONION AND TOMATOES.

ONCE THE ONION STARTS TURNING BROWN
MIX THE SALT MIXTURE WITH THE GROUNDED MIX

AND ADD TO THE ONIONS...KEEP FRYING..TILL U SEE OIL ALONG THE SIDE OF THE WOK.

ONCE DONE ADD THE FIRED MASALA TO THE BOILED CHOLA AND PRESSURE COOK FOR THREE WHSTELS

FOR THE BHATURAS

INGREDIENTS

DEPNEDING ON YOUR NEED MAIDA
HOT WATER TO KNEAD THE DOUGH
OIL ONE TEASPOON
CURD TWO TABELSPOON

CHOOSE YOUR THOUGHTS CAREFULLY,AS THEY WILL GREATLY DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE

LIVE YOUR OWN VISION OF YOUR LIFE,NOT YOUR PARENTS,NOT YOUR SOUSES AND CERTAINLY NOT YOUR FRIENDS

DEEPLY DESIRE HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF

GET MEMBERSHIP TO A TRENDY HEALTH CLUB

TREAT YOURSELF AS YOU WOULD A SPECIAL FRIEND.AFTER ALL,YOU SHOULD BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND

REMEMBER NOT TO TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY.AFTER ALL ,YOU WILL NEVER GET OUT OF IT ALIVE

REMEMBER YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAMS,MAYBE ITS NOT TOO LATE TO START LIVING THEM

GO AFTER ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT FROM EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE

WITH EVERY PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE ,YOU CAN DECIDE TO BECOME EITHER BITTER OR BETTER.CHOOSE TO BECOME BETTER

PRIORITIZE YOUR LIFE.MAKE LIST,GRAPH.NOTES

THROW YOURSELF INTO YOUR HOBBIES TO CREATE MORE FUN IN YOUR LIFE

PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND JUST SOB YOUR HEART OUT

PAMPER YOURSELF FROM THE TIME YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING TILL YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT

STAY BUSY.HAPPINESS IS A SIDE EFFECT OF DOING OTHER THINGS

GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK. ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE,GET THE POINT

JUST GRIN AND BEAR IT TILL THINGS GET BETTER

WHAT DO YOU LOVE TO DO?OKAY,STOP PUTTING IT OFFAND PLAN TO DO IT TODAY

TRACK DOWN YOUR CLOSET CHILDHOOD FRIEND.THE RENEWAL OF THAT SPECIAL BONDWILL BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART

DO SOMETHING EVERYDAYTO PROVE TO YOURSELF THAT YOU LOVE YOU

LEAVE TOMORROW UNTIL IT ARRIVES

TRY REALLY REALLY HARD TO GET EXCITEDABOUT YOUR LIFE AGAIN

GIVE YOURSELF HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY,WHERE FOR A PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD YOU PROMISE YOURSELF THAT YOU WONT THINK OF YOUR TROUBLES

BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND.WHO ELSE KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU?

LET LIFE HAPPEN.LOOSEN UP

APPRECIATE YOU

FIND YOUR OWN UNIQUE WAY TO UNWIND

IF YOU ARE LOOKING LOST,LOOK TO HEAVEN FOR DIRECTION

FIND YOUR AUTHETIC SELF,WHO ARE YOU DEEP DOWN INSIDE? ONCE YOU KNOW THE REAL YOU,YOU WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.

KNOW THAT PAIN,STRUGGLE AND LOSS ARE THREE OF THE BEST TEACHERS YOU WILL EVER HAVE

TAKE A CHANCE AND GET INVOLVED AGAIN IN LIFE

LEARN TO ENJOY BEING BY YOURSELF,SO THAT YOU WILL NEVER FEEL LONELY AGAIN

WHEN TIMES GET REALLY HARD,LEARN TO LIVE MOMENT TO MOMENT

MY MOOD SHIFTERS -

BY MOOD SHIFTERS I MEAN DOING THOSE THINGS WHICH INSTANTLY CHANGE YOUR MOOD

READING PEANUTS...

DRINKING HOT TEA...

COOKING SOMETHING NEW...

TALKING TO MY SIS AND SHARING MY BLUES...

PLAYING WITH MY SON...

GOING FOR WALK ALONE OR FOR SHOPPING ....

GOING TO LIBRARY AND BROWSING BOOKS....

MUSIC ON MY ZEN...

THINKING ABOUT GOOD MEMORIES....

EATING WAFFEL AND ICE CREAM....

PAINTING...

EMBROIDERY

BLOGGING.......

THE RECIPE FOR MY MOOD SHIFTER TEA IS....

INGREDIENTS-

ONE CUP WATER
ONE FOURTH CUP OF MILK
ONE TEASPOON SUGAR
ONE TEASPOON TEA
CRUSHED ONE INCH GINGER AND TWO PODS OF CARDAMOM

PROCEDURE

BOIL WATER IN PAN
WHEN ITS HOT ENOUGH ADD THE CRUSHED GINGER AND CARDAMOM
WHEN THE WATER STARTS BOILING ADD THE TEA LEAVES AND SUGAR
WHEN THE WATER BECOMES HALF ADD THE MILK
BOIL FOR A MINUTE OR TWO
ENJOY THE HOT CUPPA AND CHANGE YOUR MOOD...

Monday, March 24, 2008

we had this dish for dinner yesterday,...good to eat with chapati.Recipe Name Fried Pomfret in gramflouringredients-
one black pomfret washed and cut into big pieces

one onion chopped
one tomato chopped
three green chili chopped
besan two table spoon
two teaspoon mixture of all the masalas red chili,turmuric,coriander and garam masala
one teaspoon salt
one teaspoon oilprocedure
clean and wash the fish,now rub salt and turmuric and keep aside for 5 minutes after 5 minutes wash it and rub all the masalas and besan and keep aside
now heat oil in the pan
add the chopped chili followed by onion and tomatoes

once done and you see oil along the side of the pan
add the fish pieces,fry well and cover nad cook